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Brandon Tam “The Huntington Orchid Collection”
Brandon Tam has been growing orchids
since the age of seven, starting with a
white flowering Cymbidium his grand-
mother gave to him. She has been the
source of his inspiration to further his stud-
ies within the botanical world and pursue a
career within that field. She would bring
him to their local nursery where she would
let him pick a plant each time they went.
Over time, not only did his orchid collec-
tion grow, but his knowledge in that field
did as well. At the age of 14, he began
volunteering at The Huntington Library,
Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
where he helped out among the different
areas of the institution.
From tending to the plants of the Conser-
vatory to database entry of pressed speci-
mens in the Herbarium, there were always
plenty of opportunities to quench his thirst
for plant knowledge. When Brandon
turned 16, he graduated from high school
and began attending college.
During the next four years, Brandon had
earned his Bachelor of Science in Plant
Science at the California State University,
Pomona, by the age of 21. A few months
after graduating high school at the age of
16, the Director of the Botanical Gardens
at The Huntington offered Brandon an
internship within the Orchid Department to
reorganize and perpetuate the collection.
Brandon has been with the institution over
eight years in total, but over five years
with the Orchid Collection specifically.
Currently, at the age of 22, Brandon is the
Orchid Collection Specialist, focusing
mostly in Paphiopedilums since a large
chunk of the collection at The Huntington
consists of that specific genus.
Overseeing one of the United States’ larg-
est Orchid Collections of 16,000 plants is
no easy task, but Brandon manages to get
it done. From hybridizing new plants to the
propagation of rare and endangered spe-
cies, it is a high priority for The Hunting-
ton to further the advancements of plants
within the orchid world.
At the moment, Brandon is working on the
conservation aspect of the collection while
acquiring and adding more rare orchids to
The Huntington’s fast growing collection.
He stays active in the orchid world by be-
ing a member of seven different orchid
societies located all over Southern
Orchids Aweigh Newsletter of the Newport Harbor Orchid Society
Neighborhood Community Center | 1845 Park Avenue | Costa Mesa, CA | 714-327-7525 September 2015
Meetings are held on the
third Tuesday of each month
Culture Class at 7:00 p.m.
General Meeting at 7:45 p.m.
The Exotic Plant and Orchid Festival was
a great success! Thank you to all the vol-
unteers who helped support the event and
BIG thanks to Ha Bui and Richard Hara
for heading up the committee. There were
also beautiful bonsai displays, floral ar-
rangements, orchid displays, paintings and
photos.
Our own Tina Coombe had some beauti-
ful photographs on display and Ha put
together a beautiful orchid display. With
the profits from this show and the Febru-
ary expo, we are able to invite exciting
speakers to our monthly society meetings.
In August, we had Phyllis Prestia, a
NHOS member, present an entertaining
slideshow and talk on her trek through the
rainforests in Madagascar and the World
Orchid Conference in Johannesburg.
Nancy Benay was in attendance (looking
great after her hip surgery!) and added
some fun tidbits about the trip, too!
This month, First Vice President Alex Al-
len has booked Brandon Tam from Hunt-
ington Library, Art Collections and Bo-
tanical Gardens. We are excited to have
Brandon, another NHOS member, speak
on his experiences with his vast orchid
collection at the Huntington. Be sure to
check out his impressive bio!
The Orchid Expo planning committee is
already in full swing. The theme this year
is “Many Faces of Orchids.” We will have
more information coming, but be sure to
mark your calendar for February 12-14,
2016. If you are interested in helping out
in the planning, we are always happy to
have extra help and fresh ideas! Plus, we
always have GREAT food and lots of
FUN!
Keep cool and see you on September 15th,
Darla Miller, NHOS President 2015-2016
President’s Message Culture Class
Join Brandon Tam for the culture talk!
Tam continued on page 2
Officers 2015-2016
President
Darla Miller
First Vice President
Alexandra Allen
Second Vice President
John Cox
Corporate Secretary
Rosemary Krumme
Membership Secretary
Laura Perry
Treasurer
Richard Hara
Ex-Officio
Tom Harrison
Board of Directors
Three-year Term (expires 2018)
Joe Rupp
Chitsaya Winmaw
Winn Winmaw Two-year Term (expires 2017)
Nancy Benay
Bill MacCorkell
Michael Miranda One-year Term (expires 2016)
Orchids Aweigh is published monthly.
News deadline is the 25th of each month.
Editor: TBD
Designer/Editor: Christine Aschan
Web Designer: George Allen
NHOS Website: www.nhosinfo.org
Orchid photos courtesy of Tina Coombe. 2
Refreshments
Members from Ann Wilson to
John Cox are asked to provide refreshments for the meeting. Thank you!
Greenhouse & Garden Tour
Join your fellow Orchidistas for a Greenhouse and Garden Tour on
Saturday, October 10th. Lunch will be at Sherman Library and Gardens
in Corona del Mar with a behind-the-scenes tour of the Greenhouse, Conservatory and orchid collection.
If you’d like more information or to offer your greenhouse for our tour, please contact Dana Seelig at 714-865-6165.
California, while having the experience
of being on the Board of Directors at
The San Gabriel Valley Orchid Society.
Down the road, Brandon plans to travel
the world orchid hunting on behalf of
The Huntington Botanical Gardens.
Along with being the Orchid Collection
Specialist, he is also the keeper of the
Amorphophallus titanum collection,
better known as the Corpse Flower. He
manages and oversees 50 titanums
alongside with The Orchid Collection in
the greenhouse and has successfully
bloomed one flower during his tenure
there in August of 2014.
Please RSVP to Alex Allen by Monday,
September 14th if you plan to attend din-
ner with the speaker. Questions and
RSVP: [email protected].
Note: Location may change. See you there, Alex Allen First Vice President
Tam continued from page 1 Membership Corner
Congratulations to all of you who have
paid your dues. We still have a few left
and if we work diligently, the roster will
be ready in September. If any questions,
my email is [email protected].
Also, I have had some requests for new
name badges, especially for the Hunting-
ton Show offering free admission to
their big event in October. If you can’t
find your badge and want a replacement,
please let me know right away. We en-
courage everyone to wear their badges at
all NHOS meetings by giving an extra
raffle ticket when you where them. Re-
placements are $6.00. Please let me
know ASAP: [email protected].
Member update: I have talked with Bill
Fogarty only to find he has been very ill
with pneumonia. Happy to report he is
doing well and working on building up
his stamina. Best wishes to him. Laura Perry Membership Chairman
Volunteers Needed!
Newsletter Editor
Approximately 1-2 hours a
month. Responsibilities include gathering articles, reviewing for typos and content from the president, membership, speaker information, culture class, photos, future events.
All the information will be forwarded to our newsletter designer who completes the layout.
Silent Auction Support
Approximately 30-60 minutes per month. Responsibilities in-
clude gathering monies from
silent auction winners at NHOS monthly meetings and giving the total sales to the treasurer for money distribution.
If you are interested in helping out in either, please contact Darla
Miller: [email protected].
We would love to have you as part
of the NHOS team!
Wanted: Orchids in Bloom
We need orchids in bloom for our membership booth at The Hunting-ton Library in October.
If you have a plant in bloom and would like the NHOS to showcase it,
please contact Ha Bui at 714-893-2214 or [email protected].
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2016 NHOS Spring Orchid Expo:
”The Many Faces of Orchids”
Please mark your calendars for February 13, 14, and 15, as these
are the dates of the 2016 NHOS
Spring Orchid Expo: ”The Many Faces of Orchids.”
It will again be at Westminster Mall (in the Macy’s wing) in Westmin-ster, Orange County, CA. Plans are already underway, and the committee is working hard to
make the Expo even better in 2016. Check out our NHOS website, newly redesigned by NHOS member George Allen, at www.nhosinfo.org.
More information about the Expo will be available there each month.
--Rosemary Krumme
2015 August Judging Results
GENUS FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE JUDGES
POINTS 5 pts 3 pts 1 pt CATTLEYA C. Chocolate Drop
X BLC Ryo Iwata
Espie Quinn
C. Leopoldii
Merle Robboy
L. Mini Purple
Jan Hennessey
Winn Winmaw
CYMBIDIUM NA NA NA
EPIDENDRUM Enc. Prismatocarpum Merle Robboy
Encyclia radiate
Espie Quinn
Encyclia cochleata
Tina Coombe
Barbara Livingston
DENDROBIUM Den. mohlianum
Ha Bui
Den uniflorum
Espie Quinn
Den. Laeviflolium
Nancy Benay
Guy Gottschalk
MAXILLARIEAE Maxillaria marginata
Nico Goossens
Guy Gottschalk
ONCIDIUM Brsdm Henry Melczer
‘Fangstastic’
Joe Rupp
Oncidium unknown
Tina Coombe
Psychopsis papilio
Gen Gundersen
Kayoko Nebrig
PAPHIOPEDILUM Paph parishii
Lynn Wiand
Phrag calurum
Joe Rupp
Paph Mrs. Coburn
Rosemary Krumme
Winn Winmaw
PHALAENOPSIS Phal unknown
Kenton Boettcher
Phal unknown
Kenton Boettcher
NA Lisa Humphreys
PLEUROTHALLID Masd. Fuschia Dawn
Lisa Humphreys
Peurothallis tribuloides
Lynn Wiand
Pleurothallis aveniformis
Laura Perry
Guy Gottschalk
VANDA Neofinetia falcate
Nico Goossens
Vanda Rothschildianum
Nico Goossens
Aerangis luteoalba rhodosticta
Lynn Wiand
Guy Gottschalk
MISCELLANEOUS Coelogyne massangeana
Winn Winmaw
Habenaria rhodecheila
Richard Hess
Dendrochilum filiforme
Merle Robboy
Roberta Fox
POINTS 3 pts 2 pts 1 pt NOVICE Cattleya Caudebec
Hybrid Van Anne Phan
CULTURAL AWARD WINNER—7 points
Phrag calurum Joe Rupp
Phyllis Prestia
NHOS Summer 2015 Exotic
Plant and Orchid Festival
The NHOS Summer 2015 Exotic
Plant and Orchid Festival was a
huge success. Thanks to the hard work of the Fes-tival Committee and all the many people who volunteered to work at the festival. Thank you also to our
many regular vendors and some new ones. This year we invited sev-eral nurseries to join us and hope they liked being a part of our festi-val. Again thank you to our many vol-
unteers, vendors and everyone who attended the 2015 Exotic Plant and
Orchid Festival.
--Rosemary Krumme
Members in the News
Congratulations to NHOS mem-ber, Phyllis Prestia, for her pro-
motion in August from student judge to probationary judge In
the AOS judging system. Phyllis participates regularly in judging in San Diego and the Huntington in addition to national and interna-tional orchid shows, including the World Orchid Conference in Jo-hannesburg, South Africa in Sep-
tember 2014.
Richard Hara
10749 La Terraza Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA
Address Update Requested
Mark Your Calendars...
Saturday, September 19 to Sunday, September 20, 2015: “Orchid Show and Sale.” Hosted by South Bay
Orchid Society. Orchids-R-Easy Classes all weekend. South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd, Palos Verdes.
Admission: $9 Adults, $6 Seniors. More information: http://www.southbayorchidsociety.com.
Saturday, September 26 to Sunday, September 27, 2015: “Fascination of Orchids” Fall Show. South Coast Plaza Village. More information: http://www.fascinationoforchids.com.
Friday, October 16 to Sunday, October 18, 2015: “Beautiful Orchids” International Orchid Show and
Sale. Hosted by The Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. More information:
www.Huntington.org/OrchidShow.
Saturday, November 21 to Sunday, November 22, 2015: “Orchid Obsession” Fall Orchid Show. Hosted by Orchid Society of Santa Barbara. More information: [email protected].
Saturday, November 7 to Sunday, November 8, 2015: Cal-Orchid’s Open House @ 1251 Orchid Dr,
Santa Barbara, CA. More information: www.calorchid.com or 805-967-1312.
Friday, February 12 to Sunday, February 14, 2016: “Many Faces of Orchids” Orchid Expo. Westminster
Mall, Westminster, CA. Event hosted by Newport Harbor Orchid Society. More information: http://www.nhosinfo.org.
